Blackshield Bog

Blackshield Bog is a locality in Plenmeller with Whitfield, Northumberland, England. Blackshield Bog is situated nearby to the locality Todhillwood Fell, as well as near Maul Rigg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellister Castle and Haltwhistle railway station.

Bellister Castle

Castle

Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bellister Castle is a National Trust owned castellated 19th-century mansion house attached to the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. Bellister Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Blackshield Bog.

Haltwhistle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.

Haltwhistle is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 66 chains east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. Haltwhistle railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Blackshield Bog.

Church of the Holy Cross

Church

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Cross is situated 2½ miles northwest of Blackshield Bog.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plenmeller and Haltwhistle.

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 1½ miles northwest of Blackshield Bog.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Rowfoot

Hamlet

Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 2½ miles west of Blackshield Bog.

Blackshield Bog

Type: Locality
Location: Plenmeller with Whitfield, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.93916° or 54° 56′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.42894° or 2° 25′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C6VWHQC+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 335562564

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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